E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 12.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10037153 |
E.1.2 | Term | Psoriasis |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To describe the effect on subjects in whom PSO has responded to initial treatment with ETN of 2 different strategies for managing a good response or complete response (PGA = 1or 0) over a 52-week time period. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- To compare the efficacy of the 2 different strategies by reference to quality of life (QoL) measure over the duration of the study. - To explore the time course of severity following treatment modification. - To explore the degree of subject satisfaction with the 2 different options for management following successful initial treatment. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of consent. - Previously treated with ETN for chronic plaque PSO for at least 20 weeks prior to the screening visit, who are documented to have been on a total weekly dose of 50 mg per week for at least the 6 weeks preceding the day of the screening visit - Having shown clinical response with a PGA 1 at the screening visit. - With a PGA 1 at the baseline visit. - Where the last injection of ETN was performed not more than 7 days before the baseline visit. - Able to store the injectable investigational product under refrigerated conditions. - Able to self-inject investigational product or have a designee who can do so. - Able to complete health outcome assessments and any study diaries. - Demonstrates an adequate screening for tuberculosis (TB) in accordance with local country guidelines, since ETN has been prescribed, tests results and/or radiographic report must be available at site. - Is a man or woman who is surgically sterile or is at least 1 year postmenopausal. A woman not surgically sterile or at least 1 year postmenopausal must demonstrate a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline, and must agree and commit to use medically acceptable forms of contraception. All female subjects who are also taking known teratogens, eg methotrexate, acitretin, must agree and commit to use contraceptive precautions as recommended by the respective SPCs, data sheets or equivalent legal documents. In addition, all male subjects taking concomitant methotrexate who are biologically capable of having children must agree and commit to the use of a reliable method of birth control for the duration of the study and for 6 months after the last dose of methotrexate. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Evidence of skin conditions (eg, eczema) other than PSO that would interfere with evaluations of the effect of study medication on PSO. - Evidence of active or previously known medical history of inflammatory arthritis. - Any biologics other than ETN within the 20 weeks prior to the screening visit. - Ciclosporin, within 28 days of the baseline visit. - Received isoniazid (INH) therapy during screening and has had the mandatory liver function test (LFT) profile before the baseline visit that is out of the normal lab range. (Note: the liver function test profile blood samples must be drawn after initiating isoniazid therapy at a minimum of 3 weeks and at least 4 days prior to the planned baseline visit). - Receipt of any live (attenuated) vaccine within 4 weeks before baseline. - Sunbathing or UV treatment for therapeutic reasons (ultraviolet light A [UVA], psoralen and ultraviolet light A therapy [PUVA], or ultraviolet light B [UVB] therapy, including narrow band UVB and excimer laser) within 28 days of the baseline visit. - Oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intra-articular, and subcutaneous (SC) corticosteroids within 28 days of the baseline visit. Exception: inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of pulmonary conditions and topical ophthalmic solutions containing corticosteroids with or without antibiotics for episodes of acute ocular inflammation are permitted. - Abnormal hematology or blood chemistry profile: - hemoglobin ≤85 g/L; - hematocrit ≤27%; - platelet count ≤125 x 109/L; - white blood cell count ≤3.5 x 109/L; - serum creatinine (Creat) ≥175 μmol/L; - aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level ≥2 times the laboratory s upper limit of normal (ULN). - Clinically relevant concurrent medical events including: - Serious infection (infection associated with hospitalization and/or intravenous antibiotics) within 1 month before investigational product administration or active infection at screening, including known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. - Active or recent (within 2 years) TB infection (Note: local country guidelines should be followed for appropriate screening and prophylaxis in the setting of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy including a minimum of a chest radiograph and /or objective TB testing, such as purified protein derivative (PPD) or Quantiferon depending on what is acceptable per local guidelines). Subjects with latent TB infection may be allowed only if local guidelines are followed for prophylactic therapy and if treatment is initiated before therapy, followed by proof that no adverse drug reaction has occurred with the anti-TB medications. - Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as screening systolic blood pressure >160 mm Hg or screening diastolic blood pressure >100 mm Hg). - Myocardial infarction within 12 months of the screening visit. - Unstable angina pectoris within 6 months of the screening visit. - Class III or IV congestive heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association [see Attachment 1]. - Severe pulmonary disease requiring hospitalization or supplemental oxygen within 12 months of screening. - Known history or presence of hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection, including known presence of alcoholic hepatitis - History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, immunodeficiency syndromes - Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or other central or peripheral nervous system demyelinating diseases - Presence or history of confirmed blood dyscrasias - Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus - Open cutaneous ulcers - Presence or history of cancer (or carcinoma in situ) other than resected cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma within the past 5 years before the screening visit - Known contraindication or hypersensitivity to ETN or its excipients... |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Average 52-week PGA (measured as the time-normalized area under curve). |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
Confronto tra il braccio d`interruzione e manten. |
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E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 8 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 70 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |